Israel and Egypt both agreed to discuss easing the restrictions on the Strip as a part of a ceasefire agreement that ended eight days of fighting last week.

According to the report, based on information from the East Jerusalem Al-Quds daily newspaper, Hamas wants more exports from Gaza to the West Bank and abroad as well as more permits giving importers the right to cross into Israel. The terror group is also demanding that Israel reduce the scope of items it bans from importing into Gaza, e.g., construction materials, chemicals, and steel.

The restrictions have spawned a black market of goods imported via warrens of hundreds of smuggling tunnels beneath the Gaza-Egypt border. Egypt recently began destroying the tunnels as part of a crackdown on terror in the Sinai Peninsula.

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